THE WALL OF FACES

Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. The remembrances from those who knew you ate moving and reflect their admiration and respect for you. As long as you are remembered you will always be with us….

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20th Paragraph: By this time, 2nd Platoon was able to resume the assault. While the enemy was no longer defending positions in an organized way, snipers were left on stay-behind missions or were unable to withdraw with their unit. They killed 2nd Lt. Orville Kitchen, the artillery forward observer with Company B, and Spc. 4 John Lyons, a radiotelephone operator. We were directing artillery and airstrikes on the positions, which quickly became untenable for the NVA. Except for the sniper activity, by about 1500, all reports indicated that the enemy had withdrawn from contact, abandoning prepared positions and slipping away in characteristic fashion to safer spots. At this point, Criswell turned his attention to the bypassed hot spot, where the body of the dead point man still lay. Sergeant Stephen Adams, a 1st Platoon squad leader, and Spc. 4 Richard Nast, a medic, volunteered to retrieve the soldier’s body, but the effort was abandoned when the light machine gun opened up again. Specialist 4 Orlando Noriega, a 1st Platoon machine gunner, took the gun under fire and silenced it.

Sergeant John Joseph Lyons was awarded the Silver Star Medal for his conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action. He served as an Infantryman and was assigned to
B CO, 2ND BN, 27TH INFANTRY, 25TH INF DIV.
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I WORKED WITH JOHN AT WESTERN ELECTRIC CO AFTER MILITARY SERVICE FROM SOME PART OF 1966 UNTILL JOHN WENT INTO THE MILITARY IN 1969. HE WAS A FUN GUY TO WORK WITH WE HAD A LOT OF LAUGHS AND STILL GOT OUR WORK DONE. JOHN TOLD ME THAT HE WANTED A OPEN BUSINESS ONE DAY BUT FOR NOW HE COULDNT BECAUSE THE DRAF T WAS HANG OVER IS HEAD AND HE WOULD WAIT UNTIL AFTER SERVICE. I TOLD HIM I VOLUNTERED FOR THE DRAFT TO GO IN THE MILITARY WITH SOME OLDER FRIENDS OF MINE . SO ON AUGUST 11 1966 I WAS IN THE ARMY. OF ALL THE FIVE OF US WHO WERE DRAFTED THEY ALL HAD ORDERS FOR VIETNAM MY SERVICE STATION WAS FOR GERMANY I KIND OF LUCKED OUT. I REMEMBER THE DAY HE TOLD ME HE WENT TO THE DRAFT BOARD AND VOLUNTEERED FOR THE DRAFT AND THE REST IS HISTORY.


FOR MANY YEARS I WISHED I HAD NOT TOLD HIM TO BOOST HIS SELECTIVE SERVICE NUMBER AND GO INTO THE MILITARY AT AN EARLY DATE, MAYBE THINGS WOULD HAVE TURNED OUT DIFFERENT FOR HIM . IM BACK IN NEW YORK TO VIST FAMILY I MADE IT A POINT TO GO TO ST.JOSEPH CEMETARY.
WELL JOHN ITS BEEN SOME 52 YEARS HAVE GONE BY, REST IN PEACE , THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE , I'LL NEVER FOR GET!
I WEAR A MEMORIAL BRACLET IN JOHN'S NAME.

Dear Sgt John Lyons, Thank you for your service as an Infantryman. Saying thank you isn't enough, but it is from the heart. Memorial Day is this weekend, but like none other. Time passes quickly. Please watch over America, it stills needs your strength, courage, guidance and faithfulness. Rest in peace with the angels.